Maynard's BlogWire
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French Street Artist Paints “COEXIST”, Gets Beaten
by Maynard on February 10, 2015...and there's an Islamic connection, but you'll have to figure it out for yourself.
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About Those Drivers’ Licenses for Aliens
by Maynard on February 7, 2015You've got to admire the persistence of the Left. When they've got a goal in mind, they never give up and they never play by the rules. If only -- pardon me, but I'm trotting out an ancient Maxwell Smart line (he's the guy with the original shoe phone, the one that Shifra now uses to talk to Tammy) -- "If only they'd use their tactics for niceness instead of evil."...
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Prepare for Valentine’s Day
by Maynard on January 25, 2015Despair.com's raison d'être (pardon my French) is to transform our collective misery into a much-needed smirk (in exchange for a modest fee, of course). The company is best known (if it's known at all) for its perverse line of "demotivators"...
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How Much Government?
by Maynard on December 4, 2014I'm bumping this old 4th-of-July post because of its fundamental relevancy to the Eric Garner case. Aside from the immediate questions of ascertaining blame for a man's death, it's worth asking why this micro-industry of selling cigarettes even exists, and the appropriateness of the regulatory structures that are backed up by police enforcement.
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Maynard’s Funny Story of the Day
by Maynard on October 7, 2014Last July, some pundit put it this way: "The only way Putin is in any danger from Obama, is if Putin is blocking the door to a fundraiser Obama’s late to get to." With the nation and the world melting down, it does seem that fundraising has edged out golf as Washington's top priority.
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Maynard Exemplifies the Narrative: A True Story
by Maynard on June 16, 2014If the title doesn't put you off, then perhaps you'll find this minor real-life adventure worthwhile. It's all true, but the names and circumstances have been changed, in part to protect the guilty, but mainly to protect me.
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Maynard’s Movie Note: “God’s Not Dead”
by Maynard on April 8, 2014When was the last time you saw a film with advocacy of traditional religious values at its core? Suddenly theaters are offering a few choices...but are they any good?
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If we can pick our gender, why can’t we pick our age and race?
by Maynard on March 29, 2014It's a fair question!
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House Democrat’s Brazen Contempt for the Heartland at Campaign Fundraiser
by Maynard on March 27, 2014We know what our representatives think of us, but they're usually careful about letting themselves be recorded saying it. Here's a case of a rising Congressman who messed up.
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Eric Holder and the Art of Hypocrisy
by Maynard on March 20, 2014This story caught my eye: "Toyota to pay $1.2B to settle criminal probe" with respect to "sudden acceleration". But was there a real problem? In any case, Eric Holder's role in this prosecution is brazenly hypocritical...
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Any Connection Between Recent Terror Attacks in China and Prisoners Released by Obama from Gitmo?
by Maynard on March 17, 2014Have we really been releasing the same class of people that have perpetrated mass murder of civilians in China?
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Flashback: 6 Months Ago, Obama Was Telling Us We’d Get Health Insurance “For Less Than Your Cell Phone Bill”
by Maynard on March 14, 2014Here is an interesting post from the WhiteHouse.gov website, a press release dated 9/22/13. It's a transcript of Obama's remarks at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Phoenix Awards Dinner. In particular: "...You can offer your family the security of health care ... for less than your cell phone bill. That’s what change looks like."
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The Senate rejection of Debo Adegbil means…What?
by Maynard on March 8, 2014Last week, Obama's nominee for assistant attorney general for civil rights, Debo Adegbile, was blocked in the Senate. For this we can thank Republican unanimity and a few Democrat defections. The rejection is a setback for Obama. But what really happened? What does it mean? This is worth understanding.
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Deconstructing the Victim Game: Gay beats Christian, but does Muslim beat Gay?
by Maynard on March 3, 2014Inquiring minds need to know!
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Why Maynard’s Car is Green (and Obama’s is a Sack of Brown)
by Maynard on February 6, 2014Middle class people not only have to pay for their own modest cars, but they're forced to subsidize expensive flashy hot rods for upper class cronies, who cruise around town pretending they've saved the world while they are in fact destroying the ecology and the economy.